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What does the term 'anachronism' mean?
What does the term 'anachronism' mean?
- Continuing over a long period of time
- Out of place or time (correct)
- Study of geological events
- A time-keeping device
What does 'chronic' mean?
What does 'chronic' mean?
- Out of place or time
- Continuing over a long period of time (correct)
- Science of determining order
- Having simultaneous occurrence
What is the science of determining the order in which things occur?
What is the science of determining the order in which things occur?
- Geochronology
- Chronothermal
- Chronometer
- Chronology (correct)
What is a 'chronometer'?
What is a 'chronometer'?
What does the term 'chronothermal' relate to?
What does the term 'chronothermal' relate to?
What does 'geochronology' study?
What does 'geochronology' study?
What does the term 'synchronous' mean?
What does the term 'synchronous' mean?
What does the root 'chron' refer to?
What does the root 'chron' refer to?
What does the root 'therm' mean?
What does the root 'therm' mean?
What does the prefix 'ana-' signify?
What does the prefix 'ana-' signify?
What does the prefix 'syn-' mean?
What does the prefix 'syn-' mean?
What does the prefix 'geo' refer to?
What does the prefix 'geo' refer to?
What does '-ism' signify?
What does '-ism' signify?
What does '-ic' mean?
What does '-ic' mean?
What does '-ology' signify?
What does '-ology' signify?
What does 'metr' refer to?
What does 'metr' refer to?
What does '-al' indicate?
What does '-al' indicate?
What does '-ous' signify?
What does '-ous' signify?
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Study Notes
Vocabulary Related to Time
- Anachronism: Refers to something that is out of its appropriate time period, often creating a misplacement of events or items.
- Chronic: Describes conditions or issues that persist over an extended period, often characterized by frequent recurrence.
- Chronology: The discipline that involves determining and arranging events in the order they occurred.
- Chronometer: A highly accurate device used for keeping time, crucial for tasks like measuring longitude during navigation.
Vocabulary Related to Temperature
- Chronothermal: Pertains to concepts or phenomena that involve both time and temperature.
Scientific Studies
- Geochronology: The field dedicated to studying the age of geological events, helping to understand Earth's history.
Occurrence of Events
- Synchronous: Describes events that occur at the same time, emphasizing simultaneity in happenings.
Root Words and Their Meanings
- Chron: The root word that signifies 'time'.
- Therm: A root referring to 'heat'.
- Ana-: A prefix meaning 'back' or 'against'.
- Syn-: A prefix meaning 'with' or 'together'.
- Geo: A root that means 'earth' or 'ground'.
- -ism: A suffix that indicates an act, state, or condition.
- -ic and -al: Suffixes that denote being 'related to' or 'like' something.
- -ology: A suffix signifying a field of science or study.
- metr: A root word meaning 'measure'.
- -ous: A suffix indicating possession of a certain quality.
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